Oxfam considered 'scaling down' emergency relief work to become climate 'influencer' over governments
The global disaster agency reportedly drew up plans to step back from its fieldwork and focus entirely on 'influencing' on issues including the climate crisis, gender and inequality.
Mesmerically gripping Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels: Between Two fires by Christopher Buehlman, Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence, The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan
Jamie Buxton reviews the best Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels out now.
Are you a jokester, doomster, gloomster or cool cat? Oxford Academic reveals exactly what personality type YOU are
Discover the motives of your favourite fictional characters through their personality type while at the same time discovering your own.
An alcoholic dad, mum in the workhouse, desperate poverty and a childhood on the streets: The TRUE story behind Charlie Chaplin's upbringing in the slums is revealed
Charlie Chaplin was not raised in affluence and comfort, quite the opposite. New book explores the poverty stricken childhood that shaped the star.
Romeo Beckham's leather-clad girlfriend Kim Turnbull risks ANOTHER awkward run-in with his ex Mia Regan at Club Poppi launch - just days after near miss at London Fashion Week
Romeo Beckham's girlfriend Kim Turbull risked another awkward run-in with his ex Mia Regan as they both attended the Club Poppi launch.
Essex secondary school told to improve as pupils 'achieve less than they should'
The school has vowed to make improvements
Control and Coercion in the best Psychological Thrillers out now: Dead Heat by Sabine Durrant, Unreliable Narrator by Araminta Hall, The Shark by Emma Styles
Christena Appleyard reviews the best Psychological Thrillers out now.
Retros that feel utterly contemporary: AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE by Beryl Bainbridge, TRAVEL LIGHT by Naomi Mitchison, THE DUD AVOCADO by Elaine Dundy
Sally Morris reviews the best Retro fiction out now.
I loved my husband... but I'm happier as a 41-year-old widow. It's taboo to admit it, but this is the biggest lesson I've learned about grief that no one tells you, by TABBY KERWIN
Sitting in the intensive care unit in 2018, listening to the music my husband had composed for my walk down the aisle at our wedding, I knew my life was about to split in two: before Simon, and after.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski accused of LAUGHING at vandalism of Winston Churchill statue
The Green Party leader was said to be 'amused' as fellow London Assembly members spoke out against the attack on the monument to Britain's greatest wartime leader.
A12 closed in parts due to crash with traffic building as a result
The A12 is currently closed in parts with queues of traffic as a result.
Which spotty animals got Robert Newman into reading?
Robert Newman answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, and what left him cold?
BBC sparks fury over 'appalling' decision to axe live Commonwealth Day service and show Escape to the Country instead
King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Kate, Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence will be among the 1,800 guests at the service at Westminster Abbey on Monday at 3pm.
All the roads set to close during Colchester Half Marathon
The event is taking place this Sunday
Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway
OpenAI CEO's principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrived
Opinion A week ago today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he'd draw the same lines as Anthropic. By that night, he'd signed a Department of Defense deal that included no such AI protections. What's going on here?…
So called 'blood rain' could create spectacular sunset across our skies tonight
The Met Office has predicted skies could be littered with so called "blood rain" tonight across Essex and create a unique sunset.
Expert names six symptoms of deadly sepsis, from discoloured skin to confusion
There are an estimated 245,000 cases of life-threatening sepsis in the UK every year, claiming more lives than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined.
Father who posted footage of cyclist kneeing his five-year-old girl to the floor for blocking his path wins legal battle after bike rider successfully took HIM to court
A father who was ordered to pay compensation to a cyclist for filming him as he knocked over his young daughter has finally won his legal battle.
Plans for 510 homes in Essex towns set to be agreed
Councillors are recommended to give various developers the green light for the works
US sends massive Iranian warship up in flames in mission to sink nation's ENTIRE Navy as Middle East sees drones and missiles pound region - LIVE UPDATES
LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest developments on the US-Israel war with Iran as the conflict enters its sixth day.